Comments on: Waiting in France for a fatwa against forced marriageshttp://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/03/waiting-in-france-for-a-fatwa-against-forced-marriages/
Religion, faith and ethicsFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:47:14 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3By: larkhttp://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/03/waiting-in-france-for-a-fatwa-against-forced-marriages/comment-page-1/#comment-15247
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:21:15 +0000http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=7849#comment-15247“Forced marriage” is a euphemism, in the same way that “honor killing” is a euphemism. The latter is a murder. The term “honor killing” should never be used, because killing is something farmers do to livestock. The term for killing humans, outside of armed conflict, is murder, period.

Similarly, the term for “forced marriage” is kidnapping and rape.

These families should be prosecuted for kidnapping and rape. That would stop this horrible practice.